Tajikistan

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Another depressing year for anyone who was hoping for improvements in human rights in Central Asia.

22 Feb 05

Many Kyrgyz wives are suffering at the hands of oppressive husbands and in-laws

22 Feb 05

New association unifies Central Asian opposition in struggle against region's authoritarian regimes

21 Feb 05

Their lives shattered by civil war, more and more women in Tajikistan

21 Feb 05

The Kazak authorities are beefing up their forces in the south to counter Islamic rebels

21 Feb 05

Human rights groups blow the whistle on Tashkent's discrimination against ethnic Tajiks

21 Feb 05

New Central Asian journalism association set up to campaign against growing curbs on press freedom

21 Feb 05

Beggars in Kazakstan complain that Tajik gypsies are queering their pitch.

21 Feb 05

Dushanbe relieved as Afghan refugees holed up on the Tajik border start returning home.

21 Feb 05

Uzbek minority loses hope as Niazov attempts to "Turkmenise" the country.

21 Feb 05

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